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MECHANIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mechanist mean?
• MECHANIST (noun)
The noun MECHANIST has 1 sense:
1. a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
Familiarity information: MECHANIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mechanist" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
mechanism ((philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes)
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